#the dubby

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One of my favorite moments from season 2. 🥰

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Could you breakdown 2x07 a lil? Like what do you think went through Rio’s mind when he went back and got the baby blanket? Yes, he was worried but I need some more specifics 😂

Bless us with your wise words pls

Hi Anon! TY for the ask 😘 Okay, here’s all my headcanon:

I think actually that trip to the drug den was fueled by both pragmatism and Rio’s soft spot for Beth. She was so upset and afraid. It all happened so coincidentally around her new job as a drug dealer. And it was her child. So I think he went and double checked. Because he’s also a parent and he’s got his code of honor that he operates by, and screwing around with kid’s safety isn’t something he takes lightly. I think he would have checked if it was any child. But because he also is obsessed with Beth in particular and has this fixation on saving her and making her his (getting her in the dirt and all that), I think he specifically remembered why exactly she took the risk in the first place, and figured what the hell. He was already there anyway, presumably with many of his crew, and his gun already out and all…

So he probably strong-armed either one of the dealers he was threatening, or one of his own guys to go find that pink knit blanket in the car. I’d like to imagine it was one of the dealers who threatened SA to Beth and her crew. Rio could have easily played the whole thing off as an emasculation tactic to punish them for threatening “his” women. That way he wouldn’t look completely unhinged, waving his gun around for a blanket. It would have been an understandable lesson. Call them a pussy for taking a lady’s blanket and whatnot, then snatch it back from whomever he’d sent looking for it, looking all disgusted with him. 😂 Play it off that way.

But then, afterwards, is when the real self-questioning would have set in. Because okay, he deluded himself and fooled everybody into thinking he made the dudes bring him the blanket to humiliate them and teach them that they can’t mess with his people. But then when he was left to his own thoughts he would have had that freaking blanket riding shotgun in his front seat, just mocking him and all his motivations. Making him admit to himself that he actually did it for her. Because he gives a damn. So maybe a few drinks in he would have pulled out one of his yellow envelopes and crammed the thing inside and written BELIZABERTH on it and had someone – someone low-ranking who wouldn’t have asked any questions about what was inside – shove it in her mailbox at some point the next day or whenever it was that Dean found it.

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(Previously, on GG rewatch...)

Am I ready for the dubby? Probably not. But let’s dive in anyway.

Aaaaah, this early morning edit... The sexiest OTP of this show... Beth x sleep. Hey, I did not invent this! It's canon!!

Okay, Jane/Emma's recital must have been SUPER SHORT, like, Beth didn't leave the theatre for more than literally two minutes!

Man, Turner is SAVAGE in this ep!!

Oh my God, I can't believe the whole dubby thing started because Dean decided to throw a tantrum!! Once again, Dean is the captain of the Brio ship and I'm so down for it!!!

I can't understand, why does Beth have to get up so early if all the drops happen at night???

I'm not a parent so this is probably a stupid thing to point out, but isn't that a great opportunity for Beth to start teaching her daughter how to sleep without her dubby?

"The stupid thing is, I can't live without her" and here we go, the grand circus of Dean's redemption arc has started... Ugh, kill me

I really want to slap Ben in the face so hard this season...

Beth face timing Annie while she's lying on the kitchen floor is honestly an underrated comedy moment

I love Ruby's bullshit about the shady house's porch so much!

"nowadays that is really not cool." "I mean, was it ever?" MAE'S DELIVERY IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also Beht's whole power speech is soooo fun to watch, she's so blatantly getting off on this, mini-Rio, I'm telling you...

THE!! LADY!! KNITTING!! A!! SCARF!! FOR!! HER!! CAT!!! She has to be my favourite ephemeral character from the show!!! Petition to bring her and Kevin back in Season 4! Also, I LOVE that Beth gets started on her angry spiral just when the store's employee drops a whole new batch of wool

Oh hi Noah!! I think it’s safe to say that we ALL saw coming that he was the new manager, Annie... Never spit on your workplace in front of new coworkers until you're sure you can trust them that's rule number one. Also. I love baby Tyler!!!

"Kids get lost, Beth" is either the wisest or dumbest thing I've ever heard coming out from Dean’s mouth. This show really pulled on an absurd vibe this season...

Is it me or is Beth going alone with no phone to the house of armed potential kidnappers literally the stupidest move she's ever made?? Even if she tries to convince Rio on her way?

Stan's face when Dean suggests they pull a little murder task force with a few cops speaks for the entire fandom.

In what universe has the police already arrived before anyone thinks about checking the closet??? Also, petition to allow Jane to cross the street next season!

Hahaha, clearly Noah has no fucking idea of what being a grocery store manager means!!

Ugh, Dean saying "Elizabeth" gives me chills. The wrong kind.

You know what, seeing Beth pouring herself a bourbon gives me THOUGHTS, now...

So I have a question: is the krav maga instructor a joke or is he messing around with Dean? Cause he HAS TO know that "his friend" is absolute bullshit right?

AWWWWWWWW HE YELLED AT HER AND MADE HER CRY BEFORE HE WENT BACK FOR THE DUBBY!!!!! THIS IS THE TEXTBOOK DEFINITION OF HURT/COMFORT!!!! GO GET HIM BETH, OUR BOI IS IN HIS FEELINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #agirlcandream

How did Beth's giant book club calendar fit in Ruby's tiny purse???? It doesn't look that folded, and I bet she didn't leave Beth's house with it tucked under her arm...

[katie618318]

Hi honey!! Can you draw something related to the Dubby episode ??

It took two weeks but I got there. The season 4 news really got me to the finish line. Here’s to season 4 having a scene where it pans down from Beth holding the envelope to Rio writing it to her.

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When Emma was the youngest she had a bunny named carl (that’s the bunny that was left in the car when Eddie stole the car in the first season) wouldn’t it mean we would be more sympathetic to its significance than the dubby which we just found out about in the episode of the same name? Like she had that thing throughout the entirety of the first season. Just a random thought...

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Psychic: *reads my mind*

Me: He went all the way to that drug dealer’s house and got the blanket back for her!! He fucking went and got the blanket back for her!! He got the blanket back for her! He got—

Psychic: What..what the fuck

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GG 2.07 The Dubby

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Okay last one for now I’m sorry lol I just like your takes

Why do you think Rio got the dubby back for Beth? Seems interesting that he would ream her out for going back for it but then he went and got it back for her anyway

Don’t be sorry! These are fun. Evidently I like writing book reports. 😆 Also, why do you think he god the Dubby back for her?

I think it’s because she cried and he felt bad. Which, ok, that’s oversimplified and diminishing of what actually happened, but at its heart that’s basically it. Rio is an empathetic person. Especially when it comes to acts of service for women. (This is why I think he would believe in traditional gender roles in a relationship.) He loves being the savior and shows his affection and compassion through acts of service. He’d grown to care for Beth, or at least become fixated on her enough to get significant validation from her being dependent on him, and he saw her distress as an inevitable ask for him to step in and solve her problem. He may seem like he always makes her figure things out herself, but he routinely showed her that he’s willing to step in and be a mensch for her if he felt the circumstances called for it. (i.e. the “Relax, I’ll take care of it for you” to a much lesser problem just because he felt bad she worked so hard and got all her money taken because Dean’s a moron.)

Also, she came to him to tell him her child was missing. He deescalated it for her as best he could, but he couldn’t have been sure. And I think he was able to empathize with her as a parent. If it were Marcus he would fly in there in a heartbeat and make completely sure. So he made sure for her. I don’t think he went back for the blanket. He went back to check on her kid. And once he was sure these guys didn’t have her child he decided to get her the blanket because he felt for her. Wanted to show her that he double checked and that he listens when she has a serious problem.

And look at the comparison of how the two men in her life handled Jane’s disappearance. Granted, Dean had a lot more skin in the game and was terrified himself. But he turned on Beth lightning quick. Immediately accused her of being the cause of their child’s disappearance because of the choices she’s made. Gave her no grace. Took no swift action other than to place blame. If he thought Rio had his daughter why didn’t he, as the girl’s father, turn the world up-side-down to find this man and get his child back? Why didn’t he take action? By comparison, Rio took immediate action. Got in his car and went to check for the girl. Despite knowing Beth made a bad mistake. Despite his own compromised safety because of her mistake. He yelled but didn’t accuse. He acted! Fully selflessly. That wasn’t his child. He cared enough to do the right thing while Dean just wanted to be right and stay angry. For every “Dean is a good dad” I see I just remember how Dean wanted to punish Beth more than he wanted to make sure his daughter was okay.